Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C.

2011-12 Notre Dame Forum to explore K-12 education

More than 1.2 million students drop out of high school in the United States each year, according to statistics from the U.S. Department of Education. Other studies show 68 percent of American eighth-graders cannot read at grade level and that our top math students rank 25th out of 30 countries when compared to their peers around the world.